Nobody believed us," said Higgins, clutching his little brown box with the championship ring inside. "The people were all saying 'Seton Hall, Seton Hall.' Just like at the beginning they were saying 'Xavier, Xavier.' They didn't know how many nights we sat up talking about a national championship. I think it was all that doubting by everyone else that enabled us to win tonight.

Hat tip to Kisses-T for forwarding this on and reminding me of its importance heading into a weekend of Sparty-filled crap.